daily life of a japanese mom

Sento/Japanese communal bath house

This is the historical Sento drawing in 1867 (from Wikipedia “Sento”)It’s basically the same as new sento, but now you can take a super sento /スーパー銭湯 that is more luxurious and modernized.
There are 4 or 5 super sentos within easy driving distance, so I often go to one of them by rotation.

single-gender bath space, of course.

open-air spa

sauna

Jacuzzi

sitting bath/hot water warm your back

another sauna

I love this 'lying around bath' the most! The depth of hot water is about 10-15cm.

It's quite reasonable, isn't it?

You can stay all day long if you want! My mother does! (^.^)
I wonder if it’s common thing all over Japan that they drink a bottle of milk after taking a bath??? Is it a curious habit of people in the Kansai district? I never drink a bottle of milk after a bath. I had one as a child, but now, it might make me sick! But I’ve seen a bottled milk vending machine at every super sento I’ve visited in Kansai area. My kids have already gotten in habit of drinking it.

Oh,dear! She spilled it over her shirt, and was scolded by her dad (T_T)

>No, it’s common in Tokyo too.
Haha～ really?
I think, a kind of soda, coke or water are much better to drink after a bath, but people drink milk…it’s weird!
I guess milk might be somthing special in the ancient Japan.